Antonyms for tautness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tawt |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɔt |
Definition of tautness
Origin :- early 14c., tohte, possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)).
- As in strain : noun pain, due to exertion
- As in stress : noun physical or mental pressure
- As in tension : noun tightness
- As in firmness : noun immovability
- His sudden face went from the tautness of his last speech to fear.
- Extract from : « Captives of the Flame » by Samuel R. Delany
- Parish Thornton was breathing his words through lips that scarcely moved as he bent forward with the tautness of a coiled spring.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- She felt again the muscles of his forearms snap into tautness as he stood silent under her father's insults.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
- Conscious of the tautness of his own nerves, strung like quivering violin strings.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories, February, 1931 » by Various
- To me, strung up to a tautness of sensation that almost frightens me, this silence of the Mate is horrible.
- Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
- The mother gave a sigh of relief, but she did not interrupt, nor did she relax the tautness of her body.
- Extract from : « Kennedy Square » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Braceway was amazed by the intensity of Bristow's glance, the tautness of his body, the harsh authority in his voice.
- Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
- The stranger was a large schooner, and the tautness of the spars and rigging showed that she was in beautiful order.
- Extract from : « With Clive in India » by G. A. Henty
- Claire was conscious of tautness of the cords of her neck in front; of a pain at the base of her brain.
- Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
- All at once the tautness went out of her, and Sira leaned against the wall, divided between laughing and crying.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
Synonyms for tautness
- ache
- affliction
- agony
- alarm
- albatross
- anxiety
- apprehensiveness
- astriction
- balance
- bruise
- brunt
- burden
- clutch
- constriction
- crunch
- disquiet
- disquietude
- distention
- draw
- dread
- durability
- effort
- endeavor
- exertion
- expectancy
- extension
- fear
- fearfulness
- ferment
- flutter
- force
- hardship
- hassle
- heat
- impatience
- injury
- intensity
- jerk
- misgiving
- mistrust
- nervous tension
- nervousness
- oppression
- overextension
- passion
- pressure
- protraction
- pull
- restlessness
- rigidity
- solidity
- soundness
- sprain
- spring
- stability
- steadiness
- stiffness
- strain
- straining
- strength
- stress
- stretch
- stretching
- struggle
- substantiality
- tautness
- tenseness
- tension
- tensity
- tightness
- traction
- trauma
- trepidation
- trial
- twist
- urgency
- worry
- wrench
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